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The POCUS in Practice Study

NCT05696821 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-03-18

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Summary

In a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, the effects of an educational intervention will be determined by estimating the uptake of point-of-care ultrasound by general practitioners (outcome P1), change in referral from primary care to secondary care (outcome P2), change in number of consultations delivered in primary care (outcome S1), GPs job satisfaction, level of stress, and burn-out (outcomes S2-4), as well as the number of point-of-care ultrasound related adverse events (outcome S5), a health economic evaluation (outcome S6) and the patient experience of point-of-care ultrasound (outcome S7).

Two-hundred general practitioners (GPs) will participate in the study. Participants will be randomized to participate in clusters with a training facility close to their clinic. All participants will be offered the educational intervention. Ten clusters will receive the intervention at different timepoints.

Conditions

  • Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Educational intervention

The educational intervention includes a 3-months training program in the use of point-of-care ultrasound tailored to meet the educational needs of general practitioners. The training programs consists of three teaching seminars over a three month time period, a curriculum of 10 POCUS applications, and an online learning platform providing educational support before, during and after the teaching sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-11-30
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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